Modern horsewalk.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a horsewalk at this location. The barn to which it was attached, located to the immediate north, still survives, but the circular platform itself appears to have been removed.
In his 'Isle of Man' published in 1848, J.G. Cumming recounts that in 1827, "after a violent storm...the sands opposite Mount Gawne were swept away and discovered a vast number of trunks of trees, some standing upright, others laid prostrate towards the north, as if overthrown by some violent incursion of the sea...it has been further stated to me...that the foundations of a primitive hut were laid bare, and that therein were some antique uncouth-looking instruments, once the property...of the primitive woodcutters."
Cummings' account is later distilled by local antiquary F. Swinnerton in 1902 to 'the foundations of a primitive hut' containing 'rude wood-cutting tools...among the remains of trees on the sea-shore below Mount Gawne, in Bay-ny-Carrickey'. Swinnerton also makes reference to axe-marked wood found in the same locality.
The accounts would appear to describe an area of prehistoric woodland inundated by marine incursion or sea-level rise. Similar remains have been recorded on several occasions at Cranstal / Phurt in Bride.
This small Primitive Methodist chapel is located at the roadside at the northern edge of Bride Village as is shown on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. It remained intact and in use in 2021.
The site of a Wesleyan Methodist chapel in Bride village. A chapel is shown on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. A larger chapel now stands on the site, to the southeast of the parish church.
This fragment of a cross once stood at the roadside opposite the old entrance into the churchyard, but its earlier history is unknown. Only the shaft of the cross now survives, but an old photograph shows that the slab was once cruciform in outline, and that a circle was carved in each limb. Each circle was joined to the next by a line so that the core of the cross was kite-shaped.
3 names listed alphabetically; First World War. Celtic cross with a granite base. The memorial was unveiled on Wednesday 23 August 1922 by the Lieutenant Governor. The memorial was dedicated by the Lord Bishop.
The site of a modern sand pit, which is now flooded. A well associated with a now lost dwelling was shown at the western side of the sand pit on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map.
Medieval motte. The site is one of a small number of potential mottes constructed on the Isle of Man. While others appear to have originated as natural features which have been subjected to artifical enhancement, this site would appear to be wholly manmade.
The site's name appears to be derived from the Manx word meaning a 'steep slope' or 'cliff', which aptly describes the artificially steep sides of the mound which is its chief feature. The mound is only about 3m higher than the surrounding groundlevel, and its flat top is about 20m across. It is surrounded by a ditch and bank which are most obvious on the south-east side and have been damaged and obscured by the road to the south-west. Waterlogged ground to the north ensures that the base of the ditch is always wet.
The site has never been investigated: no evidence has been found to show what may have been constructed on top of the artificial mound, and no artefacts have been found that might answer the question of its age.
P.M.C. Kermode recorded a circle of white quartz and 'mound' at this location on an annotated 1:10560 scale map showing antiquities in the area. The plot is shown as a parcel of unimproved ground on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map, but is now improved and ploughed.
A turf covered mound with a diameter of 7.0 metres and in the south up tp 0.6 metres high. The top has been slightly scooped out and many stones are exposed on the top and in the sides. One large stone slab, 0.5 metres by 0.3 metres by 0.3 metres, is prostrate on the top. It is probably a cairn.
The site of a possible prehistoric burial cairn. It is a rather irregular ditchless mound with an approximate diameter of 10.0 metres and height to the southeast of 0.4 metres. It has a considerable content of both large and small stones, many of the latter being piled on the top of the mound. The larger stones, which are mainly quartz blocks, are exposed in the sides and at the base. The small stones may represent field clearing. One large stone is on edge on the top of the mound, it measures 0.8 metres by 0.5 metres by 0.1 metres thick. The mound lies on land falling to the northwest.
